| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | First look: "Tomorrowland" in Dolby Vision | | | Via High Def Digest | | | 'Tomorrowland' is the first feature film released in Dolby Cinema, a new premium auditorium which combines the strengths of Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound with Dolby Vision, a set of high dynamic range standards behind brighter displays, more lifelike color grading, and Dolby's new 4K laser projection system. More»
Why This Matters: Can you get to the AMC BarryWoods 24 in Kansas City, MO; the AMC Deerbrook 24 in Humble, TX; or the AMC North Point Mall 12 in Alpharetta, GA? If so you're in luck! Otherwise sit tight, 100 more of these partnership auditoriums are slated to open by 2024. Also if you are in LA, you can see and hear it in Dolby Vision at the El Capitan in Los Angeles—just not with the architectural Dolby Theater pre-show guest experience trimmings. PS note that although the article does not mention it, Dolby Vision theater are a partnership with Christie hardware, utilizing Christie projectors and Vive Audio playback system. -Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Low cost 3D imaging chip to be incorporated into smartphones | | | Via InAVate | | | A new, tiny, high-resolution 3-D imager being developed at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) could give users an almost exact copy of an object within minutes. The chip, once integrated in to a smartphone, would enable users to take a picture, send it to a 3D printer, which would then produce an accurate replica of the original object within minutes. More»
Why This Matters: And you thought it was cool that you could point your phone at a speaker and buy the track. Now, with your new nanophotonic coherent imager (NCI) you will apparently be able to point your phone at anything you want and make it. Bippity, Boppity, Boo! -Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Inside the labs where Netflix is trying to make televisions suck less | | | By Josh Lowensohn, The Verge | | | In a nondescript room in the center of Netflix's headquarters, you can walk into a small, paper white chamber called the Shu. It's an homage to the solitary confinement cell in Orange Is The New Black, one of Netflix's most popular original series. And just like the Shu in the show, Netflix's version is a place of punishment — only of TVs, not humans. The Shu is actually a faraday cage, a shielded enclosure where outside signals can't make their way in or out. More»
Why This Matters: For all you who test gear, the pictures are fun. -Cynthia Wisehart |
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